(CEMAC)

** Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC) **

note - acronym from Banque de Developpement des Etats de l'Afrique
Centrale

established - 3 December 1975

aim - to provide loans for economic development

members - (11) African Development Bank (AfDB), Cameroon, Central African
States Bank (BEAC), Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Germany, Kuwait

** Central American Bank for Economic Integration **

(BCIE) note - acronym from Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico

established - 13 December 1960 signature of Articles of Agreement;
31 May 1961 began operations

aim - to promote economic integration and development

members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

nonregional members - (4) Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Taiwan

** Central American Common Market (CACM) **

established - 13 December 1960, collapsed in 1969, reinstated in 1991

aim - to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market

members - (5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua;

note - Panama, although not a member, pursues full regional cooperation

** Central European Initiative (CEI) **

note - evolved from the Quadrilateral Initiative and the Hexagonal
Initiative

established - 11 November 1989 as the Quadrilateral Initiative, 27 July
1991 became the Hexagonal Initiative, NA July 1992 present name adopted

aim - to form an economic and political cooperation group for the region
between the Adriatic and the Baltic Seas

members - (17) Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Ukraine, Yugoslavia

** centrally planned economies **

a term applied mainly to the traditionally communist states that looked
to the former USSR for leadership; most are now evolving toward more
democratic and market-oriented systems; also known formerly as the
Second World or as the communist countries; through the 1980s, this group
included Albania, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, GDR,
Hungary, North Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam,
Yugoslavia

** Colombo Plan (CP) **

established - NA May 1950 proposal was adopted; 1 July 1951 commenced
full operations

aim - to promote economic and social developme